July 16, 2013
A few hours ago I was on netizenbuzz and found a video about how foreign men were harassing a drunken Korean woman without reason, already looking at the comments and knowing there wouldn't be any good ahead.
1. [+720, -109] Make sure you watch the video ㅋㅋ The girl at first is all horny herself but once the men get a little forceful, she finally gets what's going on. This isn't a situation where the men are immediately at fault because she's just at fault for sitting there giggling because she likes foreign men. Of course, those foreigners are ba$tard trash but I'm saying that the girl isn't completely innocent either. It's because of b*tches like her that ruin Korea's image. Imagine how easily foreigners will think of Korean girls now.
3. [+488, -56] I'm a 23 year old female. I saw this video and while the Americans do indeed piss me off, I'm more pissed off by the girl for sitting there drunk and smiling like a dog at first because she's enjoying it. Way to embarass Korea's women. What a joke you are --
4. [+73, -28] I just saw the video... Anyone can tell that the girl is at fault. She's the one that hung on to them at first because she liked them and then she became a toy for them to play with... And even foreigners know how bad plastic surgery is in Korea with the way they're mentioning it.
3. [+948, -75] After seeing the video, I'm embarrassed that she's Korean. She's done nothing good.
To start, this has to be one of the most disgusting videos I have seen in my life--this video more-or-less screaming 'rape'. But what I'm trying to understand here is why people are worrying more about the society and it's image rather than the woman who was basically taken advantage of. The issues portrayed through the video may be a problem, but no less attention should be paid to the comments that present an atrocious reflection of the dehumanized human race. Perhaps this is a sign of how heartless and cruel the world has become, where people are distancing themselves from the core issue at hand of abuse of women (whether is it because we can't be bothered anymore or we've 'accepted this as truth or ways of the world') and apathetically judging this scenario as though its a complete kind of joke. We don't even try to relate to the whole issue, much less empathize with the girl. Instead, we are viewing this whole video from a completely superficial stance. We question: "How does this affect Korea?" or "How does this affect me?", but why can't we question "How does this affect her?" She is the biggest stakeholder in this, and she has the most to lose, so in all due respect, perhaps we should consider this most crucially from her point of view.
Likewise, when zooming into the video, I believe that in reality, I don't actually think it matters whether she's Korean, or of any other race, because the horribly blaring societal problem reflected in the video is still shown as loudly and clearly, that gender gap in still pertinent in the world.
Likewise, when zooming into the video, I believe that in reality, I don't actually think it matters whether she's Korean, or of any other race, because the horribly blaring societal problem reflected in the video is still shown as loudly and clearly, that gender gap in still pertinent in the world.
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